Don’t miss out on peak colors this season! Get a head start on your autumn adventure plans by using our fall foliage tracker. Whether you’re headed out for a day trip, looking to join a…
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A Croo’s Comeback
The sun rises on AMC Mizpah Spring Hut, and I’m splitting breakfast with a group of singing, ukulele-playing Montréalers. Longtime friends from their running and cycling group, they first went on a hut-to-hut trip in...
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If you first think about weather when a drop of rain hits you, you’re way too late. One of the great variables of any trip into the mountains of the Northeast is the weather. In…
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Ticks are an unwelcome, but prevalent companion for many who enjoy the outdoors. They are especially common throughout the Northeast and even long cold winters do little to tamp down the population. Although most tick…
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There is nothing better than seeing nature’s most magical places through the eyes of a child. For many lifelong outdoor enthusiasts, the chance to climb, hike, and explore with littles ones (or big kids!) is…
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This story was featured in the Summer/Fall 2023 issue of Appalachia Journal. Biking through Fire The first beads of sweat consolidated beneath my helmet. It was 9 a.m., and heat squiggles were already rising off…
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The Mid-Atlantic Highlands region encompasses 3.4 million-acres of scenic greenway, including rolling hills and green waterways, that stretch from western Connecticut, through New York and New Jersey, and across Pennsylvania. The area is brimming with…
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White Mountain Mysteries: A Bushwhacker and His Brother Decode Remote Place Names William Geller Appalachia Winter/Spring 2023 At age 19, I bushwhacked for the first tome using a compass and map in the Pemigewasset Wilderness…
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Interviews with Bears: Trailside, near New York City Margaret Redmond Whitehead Appalachia Winter/Spring 2023 The first time I saw a wild black bear, in 2015, I was so close to Manhattan that I could glimpse…
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This story was originally published in the Winter/Spring 2023 issue of Appalachia Journal. On a chilly night in early May 2009, the pager sounded. New Hampshire Fish and Game (NHFG) summoned our Upper Valley Wilderness…
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A 24-Mile Journey with a 1-Year-Old Suggests a Quieter Mountain Way This story was originally published in the Summer/Fall 2022 issue of Appalachia Journal. My son was asleep on my back, head craned sideways as…
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